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How AI is Transforming Asset & Wealth Management From Data to Decisions - with Paul Ronan of FE fundinfo

The AI in Business Podcast

Release Date: 04/02/2025

How to Choose a Compute Platform Your Products Won’t Outgrow - with Kyle Larson of IDEMIA show art How to Choose a Compute Platform Your Products Won’t Outgrow - with Kyle Larson of IDEMIA

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As AI accelerates software development, the hardware that software runs on is still often built on a slower, separate track, and the gap shows up in what customers receive. In this episode, Kyle Larson, VP of AI Enablement and Cloud Services at IDEMIA, examines why hardware and software now need to be planned and delivered as one product. He covers how to decide what runs on the device versus in the cloud, why developer tools and simulation need to be in place before physical prototypes arrive, and how to evaluate a long-term compute platform by the ecosystem and supplier roadmap around it....

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What Leaders Should Scope Before Investing in an AI Model - with Melissa Ramey of Salesforce show art What Leaders Should Scope Before Investing in an AI Model - with Melissa Ramey of Salesforce

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Choosing an AI model without defining the task can leave organizations paying for capabilities they do not need or relying on tools that cannot handle the work. In this episode, Melissa Ramey, Director, AI Transformation – Data Insights and User Experience at Salesforce, joins Emerj’s Yolandi de Weerdt to examine how leaders can evaluate models against the work their teams need done. She discusses testing models on everyday tasks, involving employees in workflow assessment, and revisiting performance as requirements change.   Learn the exact strategies we use to help leading AI brands...

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Getting Pharma AI Agents to the Right Answer by Fixing the Data and Semantic Layers - with Richard Knoche of Flatiron Health show art Getting Pharma AI Agents to the Right Answer by Fixing the Data and Semantic Layers - with Richard Knoche of Flatiron Health

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Pharma is moving toward AI agents, but agents only know the context they are given, so gaps in data and meaning turn into wrong answers at scale. In this episode, Richard Knoche, Head of Data Science and AI at Flatiron Health, explains why a strong data foundation and a well-built semantic layer determine whether AI agents can be trusted with complex real-world data. He walks through how historical human analyses can be used to build and benchmark that semantic layer, why having agents resolve ambiguity before answering improves accuracy and reduces handoffs between teams, and why leaders need...

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Building AI-Aware Controls for Enterprise Risk - with Craig Unger of Hyperproof show art Building AI-Aware Controls for Enterprise Risk - with Craig Unger of Hyperproof

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AI is multiplying the machine identities, unapproved tools, and vendor connections that enterprise risk teams must govern. In this episode, Craig Unger, CEO and Founder at Hyperproof, explains how AI is reshaping enterprise risk and where it can help teams manage it, from scanning for regulatory change to testing entire sets of evidence instead of samples. He also outlines practical steps for leaders: inventory where AI is running and put a governance model around it, automate continuous control monitoring, make existing controls AI-aware, and extend the same scrutiny to vendors.   This...

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How to Make AI-Translated Content Convert in Every Market - with Andrew Thomas of Acclaro show art How to Make AI-Translated Content Convert in Every Market - with Andrew Thomas of Acclaro

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Translating content into every language a company serves has become fast and inexpensive, but accurate translation does not ensure that content engages or converts in each market. In this episode, Andrew Thomas, Head of Marketing at Acclaro, explains why global content performance is a governance issue rather than a translation issue, and why leaders should judge localized content by the business outcome it was created to drive. He also covers testing new markets with AI-translated content before investing in local teams, building brand style guides and terminology into AI translation tools to...

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What It Actually Takes to Trust an AI System Running on Its Own - with Yogesh Bhagat of CVS Health show art What It Actually Takes to Trust an AI System Running on Its Own - with Yogesh Bhagat of CVS Health

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Customer-facing AI agents often stall between pilot and production, held back by governance overhead and run costs that break the business case. In this episode, Yogesh Bhagat, Vice President of Digital and Technology at CVS Health, explains how autonomous agents earn the right to operate without human oversight by proving consistent, measurable behavior. He discusses validating a shared development platform instead of every agent, pairing small language models with larger judge models to control cost and latency, and giving a small group of customers the full AI experience before optimizing...

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From Operational Insight to Agentic Industrial AI - with Vaibhav Kumar of IFS show art From Operational Insight to Agentic Industrial AI - with Vaibhav Kumar of IFS

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Retiring workers can take operational knowledge with them, while difficult-to-use enterprise systems leave other information underused. In this episode, Vaibhav Kumar, Global Chief Technology Officer at IFS, joins Emerj’s Eysan Yazici to examine how conversational AI could help industrial teams capture knowledge and access business information more directly. He discusses reducing friction in enterprise software, letting users determine when agents require human involvement, and building AI literacy around systems containing meaningful business data.   This episode is sponsored by ....

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Inside the Performance Constraints of Modern AI Workflows - with Cameron Bahar of Everpure show art Inside the Performance Constraints of Modern AI Workflows - with Cameron Bahar of Everpure

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GPU clusters sit idle and budgets balloon when storage can't keep pace with how fast AI workloads are scaling. In this episode, Cameron Bahar, GM of Scale AI at Everpure, explores how storage architecture must shift from rigid, single-purpose systems to flexible, cloud-like models built for constant change. The conversation covers the move from training to inference and agentic workloads, the case for separating metadata from data scaling, and what always-on, multi-tenant infrastructure looks like in practice.   This episode is sponsored by .   Emerj works with a select group of AI...

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How Security Leaders Are Responding to Machine Speed Threats - with Sridhar Boddula of MassMutual show art How Security Leaders Are Responding to Machine Speed Threats - with Sridhar Boddula of MassMutual

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The cost and skill required to mount a serious cyberattack have collapsed, and most enterprise security programs still test on a quarterly or annual clock. In this episode, Sridhar Boddula, Head of Security Platform Engineering at MassMutual, breaks down why that mismatch is now the central risk for regulated enterprises and what has to change inside a security team to close it. He covers shifting from periodic testing to continuous validation, moving security from a gatekeeping function into the engineering pipeline, and the governance-first first step leaders should take before scaling any...

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Measuring Marketing When AI Makes the Click Disappear - with Gillian Hinkle of Salesforce show art Measuring Marketing When AI Makes the Click Disappear - with Gillian Hinkle of Salesforce

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AI-generated answers can give buyers information without a website visit, complicating how marketing teams measure visibility and conversion. In this episode, Gillian Hinkle, Senior Director of Marketing – Demand Gen, ABM, & Growth at Salesforce, joins Emerj’s Matthew DeMello to examine how teams can adapt their content and measurement practices. She discusses evaluating content for traditional search and AI-generated answers, tracking conversion by topic, and aligning website messaging with public relations and analyst coverage. ​ Learn how to identify real AI trends by tracking...

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Today’s guest is Paul Ronan, Chief Technology Officer at FE fundinfo. FE fundinfo is a leading financial data company connecting the investment industry in the UK, Europe, and Asia Pacific through a single integrated platform. With over 30 years of expertise, FE fundinfo empowers asset and wealth managers to streamline operations, improve client outcomes, and make confident, data-driven decisions. In this episode, Paul joins us to discuss how industry leaders are adopting AI to enhance efficiency, improve client personalization, and redefine operational models. While some firms embrace AI as a strategic imperative, others remain cautious due to concerns over data quality and regulatory uncertainty. The conversation explores the shift toward outcome-driven AI programs and the strategies firms need to navigate the evolving investment industry landscape. This episode is sponsored by FE fundinfo. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.